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  School project on evolution

  by Leonie1234 in

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  hey!.

  first of all i want to mention that i'm not a member of the jehovahs witnesses.

  however i'm open and non-judgemental towards any kind of religion.

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  cofty

  Leonie - I apologise for Sea Breeze. As you can see some of us never got over our cult indoctrination and never learned to critique sources.

  He/she is in a minority and we are working on helping him/her but progress is slow.

  Evolution is a Fact...
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  School project on evolution

  by Leonie1234 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hey!.

  first of all i want to mention that i'm not a member of the jehovahs witnesses.

  however i'm open and non-judgemental towards any kind of religion.

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  cofty

  Hi Leonie, welcome.

  It really is dishonest of your teacher to present evolution as if it was a matter for serious debate. It is a fact as certain as anything that has been discovered by the scientific method. There is great debate within the science community regarding some of the details - punctuated equilibrium v gradualism; how many branches are there at the root of the taxonomic tree - but the fact that every living thing including the more than 99% of extinct species all evolved from a common ancestor by a process of unguided evolution over millions of years is an indisputable fact.

  If I were you I would make that abundantly clear in my answer.

  The only people who reject the fact of evolution are motivated by religious ideology. Most religious people have no problem with it but Muslims, evangelical christians and JWs are exceptions.

  As a JW your teacher will have got his information from two or three absolutely dreadful and intellectually dishonest books published by the Watchtower Society. There are a number of sources on the internet that take these books apart line by line.

  Outside the JW religion opposition to evolution is led mostly by the Discovery Institute and their spokesmen such as Michael Behe, Stephen Myer and Wm Dembsky. They promote a form of creationism called Intelligent design which uses objections such as 'irreducible complexity' and 'specified complexity'. This approach, that was invented purely to get around the law that forbade creationism being taught in American schools was exposed in a legal trial Kitzmiller v Dover School Board. You will find info on YouTube and coverage here at the ncse website.

  If I can offer any more help let me know. I would personally use your assignment to attack all forms of creationism for the superstitious ideology that it is, but I don't have to worry about grades.

  Here is a series of threads you might find helpful. Evolution is a Fact Parts 1 - 40...
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  “I’m young and healthy so coronavirus won’t affect me” (why we need to stop this disease at ALL costs!)

  by slimboyfat in

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  even if you are young and heathy there are very good reasons to fear this disease and take drastic actions to avoid it individually, and halt it together as communities.

  not only would it be traumatic as a society to lose so many old and unwell family members and friends, but survivors of the disease may suffer significant health problems in the future.

  survivors of the first sars virus in 2003 have suffered significant lung problems.

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  Of course the number who have the virus is much higher than the number of positive tests. The NHS is no longer testing people who report symptoms unless they are vulnerable. What is known for certain is the number of deaths. It follows that the mortality rate is lower than expected.
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  “I’m young and healthy so coronavirus won’t affect me” (why we need to stop this disease at ALL costs!)

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  even if you are young and heathy there are very good reasons to fear this disease and take drastic actions to avoid it individually, and halt it together as communities.

  not only would it be traumatic as a society to lose so many old and unwell family members and friends, but survivors of the disease may suffer significant health problems in the future.

  survivors of the first sars virus in 2003 have suffered significant lung problems.

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  Where is the evidence that it causes permanent lung damage in people with no underlying health issues?

  Anecdotes and internet rumours don't equal evidence.
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  There will be a sliver lining to the virus

  by JimmyYoung in

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  so for years the usa has been relying on cheap labor in china.

  supply lines were never interrupted.

  china has gotten away with murder in its sending anything it wants with little checking of its goods.

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  China will need to eradicate their disgusting wet markets and join us in 21st century hygiene standards.
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  How far is this lunacy going to go?

  by The Fall Guy in

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  people in the uk who apply for a blue badge (parking permit for disabled people) on the government web site, are asked to select one of three options regarding their gender:.

  1. male .

  2. female.

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  cofty

  Anybody who can't work out what my pronoun is too dumb to hold a conversation, so no problem.
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  The Holy Spirit

  by Acer21 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if the holy spirit is an "active force", how can it be grieved (ephesians 4:30)?.

  in other words, according to the jw's, one can make jehovah's "force" sorrowful?

  this is an example of how the jw leaders have perverted the gospel in translation, and have put the jw's in a position in which they must perform intellectual gymnastics in order to maintain their false position.

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  cofty

  Rubadub & banana - seriously? You are active JWs in spite of all you know about the cult?

  That is beyond understanding.
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  JW's had a reason for wanting to be banned in Russia?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  interesting video.

  i'd like everybody's thoughts on this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrlfvxinte8&fbclid=iwar2omsj1dkm7rzxcyjblkd9aqnnp5xmijrxoc-rfaoh7ucfgvwlpkiynofs.

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  Hi Terry. O will try to get time to watch it later but it's a long video.

  Can you share what the reason is in a nutshell?
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  The Holy Spirit

  by Acer21 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if the holy spirit is an "active force", how can it be grieved (ephesians 4:30)?.

  in other words, according to the jw's, one can make jehovah's "force" sorrowful?

  this is an example of how the jw leaders have perverted the gospel in translation, and have put the jw's in a position in which they must perform intellectual gymnastics in order to maintain their false position.

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  cofty

  Acer are you aware that there are few if any active JWs here?

  This is an exJW forum.
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  Can we really talk about BEAUTY?

  by Terry in

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  2. friends

  can we really talk about beauty?

  (first, a necessary preamble.

  bear with me, please.

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  cofty

  Interesting Terry.

  I have only quite recently decided to educate myself about philosophy. I am finding it fascinating. So far I am wrestling with two books by Anthony Gottlieb The Dream of Reason and The Dream of Enlightenment.

  It's amazing to see the same arguments being played out again and again over centuries.